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Sonoma Pacific Company, in Business Since 1972, Has Ceased Operations
The Sonoma Pacific Company, hit by three significant fires in the past 12 years, has ceased operations, according to a report in the Sonoma Index-Tribune
“If it hadn’t been for the three majors, I’d still be in business,” said Tommy Thompson, who purchased the business in 2016. First, the company was unable to get insurance following the 2017 Sonoma Complex fires. Then it lost its biggest customer, Chevron, when it could not provide pallets to their specs following a 2018 propane fire at the Sonoma industrial property. Finally, it was hit by COVID-19.
The company started in 1972. It was struck by fires in 2007 and 2013 before the propane tank blaze in 2018. A clearance auction was held in mid-June, when all the machinery, plastic pallets, trucks and other materials were sold off.
Television coverage of the 2018 fire.